DHAKA Hosts Bangladesh is set to face debutants Afghanistan in a must-win match on Saturday afternoon in the ongoing 12th round of Asia Cup at Fatullah of Narayanganj.
The day/night match will kick off at 2:00pm at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium.
Bangladesh pace bowler Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has been ruled out of the running Asia Cup tournament in Bangladesh, due to injury.
Earlier on Friday, Sri Lanka beat India by 2 wickets in the 4th match of Asia Cup at the same venue.
Bangladesh squad
Mushfiqur Rahim*†, Abdur Razzak, Al-Amin Hossain, Anamul Haque, Arafat Sunny, Imrul Kayes, Mominul Haque, Naeem Islam, Nasir Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Shamsur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Sohag Gazi, Ziaur Rahman
Afghanistan squad
Mohammad Nabi*, Asghar Stanikzai, Dawlat Zadran, Fazal Niazai, Hamid Hassan, Hamza Hotak, Karim Sadiq, Mirwais Ashraf, Mohammad Shahzad†, Najibullah Zadran, Nawroz Mangal, Noor Ali Zadran, Rahmat Shah, Samiullah Shenwari, Shapoor Zadran
BDST: 0902 HRS, MAR 01, 2014